Subject: OFF TOPIC!!!!! Virus HOAX!!
Date: Sep 17 22:40:13 1999
From: sanjer at televar.com - sanjer at televar.com




"M. Wagenbach" wrote:

> A couple of points:
> 1. Virus warnings are NOT birding related, and should not be posted.

I don't see a problem with warning about a virus if it has been checked out
to be a real one.

> 2. Most virus warnings are hoaxes.

This is true.

> Please read the sites from Big Blue and your friendly federal government
> on this subject:
> http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/
> http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

Thanks for the URLs. Oh yes.....there are some people that have email only
and can't access the internet to check out these things.

Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA
mailto:sanjer at televar.com

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